I am trying to install 64 bit Windows 8 on my Mac Machine (Mountain Lion OSX) using a USB as a boot drive. For some reason bootcamp requires atlesst a 8GB USB. I however only have a 4GB USB. Is there any way I can override the 8GB minimum considering the size of the ISO is only 3.3 GB?

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The reason why bootcamp insists on a larger USB pendrive is that windows 8 will not fit on a 4GiB volume.

I know that you already mentioned that your iso is 3.3GB. However installing windows is not just copying an iso. It will copy and uncompress files. Even ignoring optional files like the pagefile and the hibernate files (neither of which are on the iso) your actual i disk requirements will be in excess of 3.3GB.

That is not a problem as long as they do not exceed 4GiB. However a quick search shows that about 8GiB of space is needed after installation.